Pre-Islamic Arabia

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Pre-Islamic Arabia refers to the social, religious, and cultural landscape of the Arabian Peninsula before the advent of Islam in the 7th century, characterized by tribal structures, polytheistic beliefs, and a rich oral poetic tradition.

All labels observed (20)

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Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
associatedDeity Dushara ⓘ
Hubal ⓘ
Manat ⓘ
Nasr ⓘ
Wadd ⓘ
Yaghuth ⓘ
al-Lat ⓘ
al-Uzza ⓘ
characterizedBy caravan trade ⓘ
clan-based kinship structures ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
oral poetic tradition ⓘ
pastoral nomadism ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
tribal social organization ⓘ
culturalFeature genealogical recitations ⓘ
muallaqat odes ⓘ
qasida poetry ⓘ
dominantLanguage Arabic ⓘ
economicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
incense trade ⓘ
long-distance caravan trade ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
followedBy Early Islamic period ⓘ
hasCenter Hira ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ
Najran ⓘ
Palmyra ⓘ
linked to: Palmyrene region

Petra ⓘ
Yathrib ⓘ
includesRegion Eastern Arabia ⓘ
Hijaz ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz

Najd ⓘ
Northern Arabia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
interactedWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
legalSystem customary tribal law ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
majorSanctuary Kaaba ⓘ
politicalOrganization city-kingdoms in South Arabia ⓘ
tribal chieftaincies in Central Arabia ⓘ
precededBy Bronze Age Arabia ⓘ
religion Arab polytheism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hanif monotheism ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
socialStructure patrilineal clans ⓘ
tribal confederations ⓘ
timePeriod before 7th century CE ⓘ
valueSystem blood-feud and vendetta ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
muruwwa ⓘ
writingSystem Nabataean Aramaic script ⓘ
linked to: Nabataean alphabet

South Arabian script ⓘ
early Arabic inscriptions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (69)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aminah bint Wahb → culture → Pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → era → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → religiousContext → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Hijra → relatedTo → Meccan period of Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → era → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Hashim ibn Abd Manaf → era → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Himyar → religion → South Arabian paganism ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Arwa bint Kurayz → era → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Hud → regionAssociated → ancient Arabia ⓘ
subject linked to: Prophet Hud
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Wahb ibn Abd Manaf → residence → pre-Islamic Mecca ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Wahb ibn Abd Manaf → timePeriod → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Salih → pre-IslamicPeopleContext → Ancient Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Banu Zuhra → politicalInfluence → Meccan society ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib → era → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
worship of al-‘Uzza → timePeriod → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
worship of al-‘Uzza → timePeriod → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Mu'allaqat → hasCulturalContext → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Antarah ibn Shaddad → era → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Destruction of the Army of the Elephant → preIslamicContext → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf → era → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf → historicalContext → Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period) ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region of al-Yamama → historicalPeriod → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Banu Abd al-Dar → historicalContext → Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic Arabia) ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl → timePeriod → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza → residenceDuringLifetime → Mecca in the Jahiliyyah period ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza → era → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
ضرار بن عبد المطلب → عصر → العصر الجاهلي ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
صاحب رفادة الحاج → مرتبط_ب → الجاهلية ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Abd Manaf ibn Qusay → timePeriod → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
حجل بن عبد المطلب → الفترة → الجاهلية ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
قثم بن عبد المطلب → الفترة → الجاهلية ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Kinana ibn Khuzayma → religion → pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Kinana ibn Khuzayma → timePeriod → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah → historicalContext → Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period) ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Meccan period → follows → Jahiliyyah period ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Halah bint Khuwaylid → culture → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Halah bint Khuwaylid → timePeriod → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Asad ibn Khuzayma → timePeriod → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Makhzum ibn Yaqaza → associatedWithPolity → Pre-Islamic Mecca ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Makhzum ibn Yaqaza → religiousContext → Pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Makhzum ibn Yaqaza → timePeriod → Pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
al-Ghaydāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib → religiousContext → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Banu Khazraj (pre-Islamic period) → historicalContext → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Walid ibn al-Mughirah → era → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Arab tribes → historicalPeriod → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Athtar → worshipedIn → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib → era → Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic age of ignorance) ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Asad ibn Hāshim → era → pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma → era → Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia